Private Music Lessons
Students may sign up for a 30 minute private music lesson with Mr. Henneman.
Mr. Henneman teaches guitar and ukulele for all levels, as well as beginning piano.
Lessons are billed monthly at $165.
This is link will allow you to register and input a payment method, but your card will not be charged until after the first lesson has been scheduled and confirmed.
Lesson times will be available on Mondays. Additional days may be available if we have enough interest.
Satchel Henneman
Guitar, Ukulele, Beginning Piano
Satchel began teaching youth guitar at a community center and tutoring through his
undergraduate college in 2014. Later, while earning his masters at the Yale School of Music in
2018, he taught a small studio of undergraduate and non-major graduate students. After
graduating, he began his faculty position at Concordia Conservatory, where he oversaw a studio
with a broad range of age, tastes, and ability. Satchel’s teaching method has always emphasized
both the development of a well-rounded musician, familiar with aural skills, theory, technique,
history; and personal development through forming time management skills, overcoming injury
or frustration, and the practice of planning. It is his belief that these aspects are not mutually
exclusive, that building on one of these strengthens the other.
Given the eclectic preferences of students over the years, Satchel has developed an
approach to teaching that embraces and seeks to nourish the individuality of a student’s musical
identity. Whatever the desired material is, whether it be Rolling Stones’ songs, tracks for
Disney’s Descendants, or an Albeniz solo, he teaches basic musical concepts through
contextualization. This often takes place in learning the scale, chord progressions, and form
associated with the song, the history of the creator, and a network of songs that relate to it.
Additionally, any time playing the instrument is an opportunity to examine and work on
technique; he will often abstract exercises based on passages of these songs in order to refine
their playing.
Satchel will be offering private lessons in guitar, ukulele and beginning piano to students at St. Cecilia School.